Monthly Archives: July 2011

Don’t Drink the Water

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

For two crystal clear days in June I was sequestered in a conference room in a swanky Chicago hotel listening to presentations on mouth sores – an exquisitely painful side effect of cancer therapy.  The room darkened and the group … Continue reading →

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Living the Dream

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

I was over 30 years old by the time I finished my college, medical school and residency training.  One of the most joyful aspects of this feat of endurance was the realization that I would no longer be subjected to … Continue reading →

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Vindictive Snack Mom

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

I greeted my first assignment as snack mom with undiluted pleasure.  Like many of my contemporaries, I had delayed childbearing into the thirties, and had only two children.  Now was the time for commitment to participate intimately in the life … Continue reading →

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Chapter 4. SAT: The Reveal

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

(For the complete SAT experience see other 3 chapters and a YouTube song parody about the SAT test!) It has been one month since I took the SATs and while awaiting my scores I have been interested to learn more … Continue reading →

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Thrown Under the Bus

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

This spring, on an ill advised impulse, I signed up for a ladies’ ice hockey league, where random teams were formed based on the self ranking of the players.  I originally had no interest, but then I was contacted directly … Continue reading →

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I Can Hear My Breasts

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

For several years friends have been recommending that I read Nora Ephron’s collection of essays called “I Feel Bad About My Neck,” saying that we have a similar writing style and that both of us seem to be pretty agreeable … Continue reading →

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Words with No Meaning

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Liza Blue

A while ago I wrote about the specialized vocabulary shared by seasoned crossword puzzle aficionados – words that tend to have a lot of “e’s” in them, like epée and ewer, essential to the crossword fill surrounding the theme words.  … Continue reading →

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Family Car Ride

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Liza Blue

Although the seven hour car ride to our vacation spot has remained largely unchanged over the past 40 years, the context has gone through several evolutions.  As kids, the absolute keyed up anticipation of summer vacation made the trip endless; … Continue reading →

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Line Management

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Liza Blue

For the past 50+ years I have celebrated Christmas in exactly the same way – family get togethers and toting casseroles from suburb to suburb, trying to make sure that everyone had the same quality and quantity of gifts and … Continue reading →

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Last One Picked

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Liza Blue

Girls’ grade school sports in the pre Title 9 days of the late 1960s were a decidedly low key affair, and presumably were included in the curriculum on the basis of the “sound mind, sound body” principle.  There was no … Continue reading →

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